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Pro Cycling Manager 2021

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67%Game Brain Score
stability, music
67% User Score Based on 118 reviews

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Pro Cycling Manager 2021 is a single player and multiplayer casual racing game. It was developed by Cyanide Studio and was released on June 3, 2021. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

"Pro Cycling Manager 2021" is a cycling simulation game that lets you manage a pro cycling team in a career mode with realism enhanced by new features such as licensed brands and improved peloton behavior. Objectives have been revamped, and national teams and European Championships have been added. Experience quick simulations that resemble real races, and handle responsibilities like rider recruitment, sponsorships, finances, and equipment management.

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67%
Audience ScoreBased on 118 reviews
stability8 negative mentions
  • The game offers a fun and engaging career mode, allowing players to develop young cyclists and experience the thrill of racing.
  • Fans of cycling will appreciate the realistic elements and the strategic depth of managing a cycling team.
  • The modding community enhances the game significantly, providing additional content and features that improve the overall experience.
  • The game suffers from numerous bugs and glitches that have persisted across multiple versions, making it frustrating to play.
  • Many players feel that the game has not evolved significantly over the years, often feeling like a minor update rather than a new installment.
  • The AI behavior during races is often criticized for being unrealistic and poorly executed, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences.
  • stability
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The stability of the game is heavily criticized, with users reporting numerous bugs and glitches, particularly with new features like championships and time trials. Many feel that the game appears unfinished and unpolished, leading to significant performance issues, including low frame rates and lag, despite having capable hardware. Overall, the consensus is that the developers have not adequately addressed stability concerns, resulting in a frustrating experience for players.

    • “New features are buggy as hell (e.g. championships) and some were not even mentioned on the shop site (like wind zones).”
    • “Every time they introduce some new features but also more glitches.”
    • “World and European championships do not work, time trials are glitches and team time trials are just completely unplayable.”
  • music
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users have noted that the music in the game, particularly the main menu theme, has not changed since its previous iteration in PCM18, suggesting a need for new compositions to refresh the experience.

    • “Perhaps it's also time to create some new music, because the main menu still has the same music as in PCM18.”
    • “Perhaps it's also time to create some new music, because the main menu still has the same music as in PCM18.”
    • “- same music”
  • graphics
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics of the game are described as neat, but there are significant performance issues, with some players experiencing low frame rates and lag despite having capable hardware. Critics note that the developers have made minimal updates over the years, leading to a sense of stagnation in visual improvements.

    • “Graphically, it looks neat and I'm having a blast playing it.”
    • “Cyanide Studio, with the help of publisher Nacon, has been selling the same product year after year to its fans with minimal patches; the updates in the graphics look too similar.”
    • “I have a PC that can run the maximum graphics easily, but I only get 15 fps, and the game feels very laggy and buggy.”
    • “For years, I played baseball games that would make the game graphics worse by trying to change them every year.”
  • optimization
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The optimization of team rankings in the game is criticized for relying on rider stat ratings rather than their actual performance during the season, leading to a disconnect between realistic expectations and in-game mechanics.

    • “The weirdest flaw, in my opinion, is that your team's ranking is based on the riders you have on contract for the following season. While this is realistic, it seems to be determined by the stat ratings of the riders rather than their performances in the season (wins, etc.), which does not make any sense!”
    • “The optimization in this game is severely lacking; it feels like the mechanics are not properly balanced, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences.”
    • “I encountered numerous performance issues that hindered my enjoyment of the game, making it clear that optimization was not a priority during development.”
  • grinding
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and frustrating, particularly due to the challenging and often irrational AI involved in contract negotiations. This has led to a sense of monotony and disappointment, as players feel their time is wasted on unproductive tasks, detracting from the overall enjoyment of the game.

    • “This was all fun and well (except for quite a large amount of bugs or mysteriously missing features, like the possibility to apply for a wild card), until I started the incredibly tedious and boring process of 'negotiating' contracts with a stupid, irrational, and incredibly punishing AI.”
    • “I missed my wedding grinding to UCI just to lose my star rider.”
  • gameplay
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is engaging and evolves significantly over time, with many users noting that their experience improves after extensive play, suggesting a rewarding learning curve and depth in mechanics.

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40h Median play time
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Pro Cycling Manager 2021 is a casual racing game.

Pro Cycling Manager 2021 is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 347 hours playing Pro Cycling Manager 2021.

Pro Cycling Manager 2021 was released on June 3, 2021.

Pro Cycling Manager 2021 was developed by Cyanide Studio.

Pro Cycling Manager 2021 has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players disliked this game for its stability.

Pro Cycling Manager 2021 is a single player game with multiplayer support.

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